loading bay
noun
an area, typically at the back or side of a warehouse, large retail outlet, etc., where trucks load and unload goods.
loading bays
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pluralof loading bay.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But instead the concrete loading bays are alive with the sound of squealing tyres and popping engines as cars race past spectators lining a makeshift drag strip.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024
While revisiting the concert movies below, I found myself gazing longingly at arena corridors, stadium loading bays and festival burger vans, let alone musicians and crowds.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2020
The tablets the waiters use to take orders at Restaurante Rebeca were purchased at a Best Buy in Illinois; the refrigerated loading bays at the guava exporting factory comply with U.S. biohazard regulations.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2017
Because the store’s loading bays were built so long ago, standard-size trailers don’t fit.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2014
We been getting some suspicious blips on the equipment around the loading bays," Roberts went on, "but they stopped a while back.
From The Love of Frank Nineteen by David Carpenter Knight
